NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 12, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 12, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Adam Wagner and Michael LiebermanEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Light décor ↗LAMPSHADES
  2. 11Last place? ↗TOMB
  3. 15Pop-up with an envelope icon ↗EMAILALERT
  4. 16Round figure ↗OVAL
  5. 17Winner's circle? ↗VICTORYLAP
  6. 18Take two ↗REDO
  7. 19Hyperfixated ↗ENRAPT
  8. 20"Thick ___ Brick" (1972 Jethro Tull album) ↗ASA
  9. 21Earth's pull, informally ↗ONEG
  10. 22On the ___ (free) ↗LOOSE
  11. 23Thumbs-down votes in the Duma ↗NYETS
  12. 25Why wait? ↗TIP
  13. 26Personal circumstances, so to speak ↗SHOES
  14. 28Justice who's the subject of the 2026 biography "Revenge for the Sixties" ↗ALITO
  15. 30Rolls out the green carpet? ↗SODS
  16. 34First full word sung in "The Alphabet Song" ↗AND
  17. 35Proverbial small amount ↗CRUMBS
  18. 36"Now we're talking!" ↗THATSMORELIKEIT
  19. 39Capers ↗ANTICS
  20. 40Common ___ ↗ERA
  21. 41Rowing machines, in gym lingo ↗ERGS
  22. 42"Schitt's Creek" matriarch ↗MOIRA
  23. 43Really hurts ↗MAIMS
  24. 45Rout, in computer game lingo ↗PWN
  25. 46Word with letter or grant ↗BLOCK
  26. 48Toothbrush handle? ↗ORALB
  27. 53Smokes ↗CIGS
  28. 55N.B.A. coach Jordan ___ ↗OTT
  29. 56Punnily named production company behind TV's "Insecure" and "A Black Lady Sketch Show" ↗HOORAE
  30. 57Stat ↗ASAP
  31. 58Common sleep aid ↗WHITENOISE
  32. 60Acquire by default? ↗REPO
  33. 61Math class assignment ↗PROBLEMSET
  34. 62Labor, e.g.: Abbr. ↗DEPT
  35. 63Appliances that are always blowing out? ↗HANDDRYERS

Down 35

  1. 1Carpenter's tool ↗LEVEL
  2. 2___ acid ↗AMINO
  3. 3Kind of photography lens for a close-up ↗MACRO
  4. 4Wraps in the Mideast ↗PITAS
  5. 5Certain geometry calculations ↗SLOPES
  6. 6Playwright Moss ___ ↗HART
  7. 7Gymnast Raisman ↗ALY
  8. 8What a joke may get eventually ↗DELAYEDREACTION
  9. 9Takes marks off in a classroom? ↗ERASES
  10. 10Mid-March V.I.P., informally ↗STPAT
  11. 11"Surf" food in Japan, or "turf" animal in Spain ↗TORO
  12. 12Kitchen counter ↗OVENTIMER
  13. 13Became a household name, say ↗MADEITBIG
  14. 14Examples of media on Medium ↗BLOGPOSTS
  15. 23Many a listing in an etiquette book ↗NONO
  16. 24Wrap in South Asia ↗SARI
  17. 27Actors unsuited for subtle roles ↗HAMS
  18. 29Country singer Combs ↗LUKE
  19. 30Rewards program tracker ↗STAMPCARD
  20. 31"It's finally clear" ↗OHNOWISEE
  21. 32Phone connector? ↗DATINGAPP
  22. 33Arouse ↗STIR
  23. 35Simoleon ↗CLAM
  24. 37Labor pain? ↗SCAB
  25. 38Journalist Larson who wrote "The Splendid and the Vile" ↗ERIK
  26. 43Godzilla adversary ↗MOTHRA
  27. 44Longhorn's rival ↗SOONER
  28. 47Acidic ↗LOWPH
  29. 49Capacious ↗ROOMY
  30. 50Surface ↗ARISE
  31. 51Pointer for a public speaker ↗LASER
  32. 52Sources of the juice that "bleeds" in a faux meat patty ↗BEETS
  33. 54Tough thing to be in ↗SPOT
  34. 56Stayed together ↗HELD
  35. 59Placeholder abbr. ↗TBD